MFN1

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Mitofusin 1
Identifiers
SymbolsMFN1; hfzo1; hfzo2
External IDsOMIM: 608506 MGI: 1914664 HomoloGene: 11481 GeneCards: MFN1 Gene
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez5566967414
EnsemblENSG00000171109ENSMUSG00000027668
UniProtQ8IWA4Q811U4
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_017927NM_024200
RefSeq (protein)NP_284941NP_077162
Location (UCSC)Chr 3:
179.07 – 179.11 Mb
Chr 3:
32.53 – 32.58 Mb
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Mitofusin-1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MFN1 gene.[1][2][3]

The protein encoded by this gene is a mediator of mitochondrial fusion. This protein and mitofusin 2 are homologs of the Drosophila protein fuzzy onion (Fzo). They are mitochondrial membrane proteins that interact with each other to facilitate mitochondrial targeting.[3]

References

  1. Adams MD, Kerlavage AR, Fields C, Venter JC (Sep 1993). "3,400 new expressed sequence tags identify diversity of transcripts in human brain". Nat Genet 4 (3): 256–67. doi:10.1038/ng0793-256. PMID 8358434. 
  2. Santel A, Fuller MT (Feb 2001). "Control of mitochondrial morphology by a human mitofusin". J Cell Sci 114 (Pt 5): 867–74. PMID 11181170. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Entrez Gene: MFN1 mitofusin 1". 

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